Window-shade fixture.



PATENT'ED ocTQ so. 1906;

D. HOYT. WINDOW SHADE FIXTURE.

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lNo. 834.577.

I D. HOYT. WIN-Dow SHADE FIXTURE.

P-PLIUTIOH FILED JAN. 5, 19064 v v 2 say-s Ill, rl' III'I J m J @MMM/a Mammalian the relation between the strength ol the "-justed to the thrust of the friction-tips and UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

THE NATIONAL LOCK WASHER 'K V'DANIELHOYT, OF N EWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ON I. `HALF TO OMPANV, OF NEWARK, NEW JER- SEY, A CORPORATION OFVNEW JERSEY.

WINDOW-SHADE FIXTURE.'

Patented oct-30,1906.

Application filed January 5,1906. Serial No. 294.685.

To dll whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL HoYT, a citizen'of the Unite(i States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful improve'ments vin Window-Shade Fixtures, of-whieh. the following is a specification, reference being had therein .to the aecon'lpanying drawings. i l

This invention relates tothe class o shadeixtures wherein the shade is mounted -on a spring-aetuated rellerwhieh eonstantl y tends to wind or roll the shade thereon, the shade being held at the bottom by a rigid bar and an attached iixture forced in frictional engagement with, and guided by,`grooves in the casing oi' a window-fram f Curtainfixtures of the type shown'in the l-lall patent, No. 483,490, of September27, 1892, possess the grave disadvantage ol the liability ot' the stick being disengaged i'roin the window-jambs when tilted.I ()n the other hand, eurta'in-iixt-ures ol' the type shown in the Forsyth and Forsyth patent, .\'o. :559,446, oi' May 5, ls'tlt'), possess the advantage of greatly-diminished liability ol'the stiel( being disengaged lroin the guidinggrooves in the window-janxh when it is tilted through careless handling, and thisI is due to the presence of the wings extending on opposite sides pf the irietion-tip; hut this type ol' fixture polt-slesses the disadvantage that when spring oi" the shade-roller is 'not nicely adthe )arts are not in perfect working order the stieli whentiltcd is apt to remain in a posit-ion far removed from the horizontal, due to the fact that the ends oi" the wings simultaneous] y contact with the bottom of the grooves in the opposite jambs of the window and remain stuck in that position. i

The object of my present invention is to devise a fixture which shall combine the advantages of both the Hall and the Forsyth types and shall avoid the disadvantages ofv both. This 1 accomplish by providing the friction-tip with wings which when the stick is tiltedv by careless handlingwill maintain their engagement in the grooves of the windowframe, and thus pre-ent the. stick coming out,` l and which are so construeted and arranged that both will not'simultaneously contact clear] shown in the drawings.

with the oppositev bottom surfaces of the grooves when it is tilted, and so will not prehorizontal osition when it is released.

The pre erred form of the invention 1s clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawelevation, showing the horizontal or holding position oli the iixture.

Referring to the drawings, the windoweasing l is iornied with longitudmally-arranged grooves or guideways 2, the usual shade 3, having a shade-har 4 at the lower end, being mounted lor eotiperation with the windowopening in the easing. y l

The holdingr means ol' the present invention is in duplicate at each end of the shadehar -4 and comprises a sleeve 5, secured Within a here formed in the end oi the shade-bar and held therein by a set-screw 7 engaging the sleeve near its outer end. rlhe opposite or' inner end oi' the sleeve is closed hy a block 8, the relative lengths of the sleeve 5 and bore 6 providing a free space inl rear or beyond the inner end of the Sleevel and A s lank 9 is mounted for movement block 8, the end oi' the stem beyond the block being formed with a head 1], adapted on the forward movement of the stem to contact with the block and limit said movement.

The free and outer en d of the Shank 7 is provided with a friction-head 12, preferably of a size and shape to 'fit within the gui deway 2, the operative or outer faceof said head 'bei ng rough cned, as at 13, or otherwise formed to insure frictional engagement with the bottom of the guideway.

r ventit automaticallyreturning to the nearly- Fig. 3 is with!` Ain the sleeve, being provided at its inner end' with a reduced stem it), extending longitu' ldmally of the sleeve and through the IOO A Springr 14 is ooilvd iihont thv l\tvin ttl-l l'ioin` so ihiit thv sliado nitty be easily :tint

Within thv sleovv, livziiiiigl zit ono vnd iifgziinst the hlviok S ind nt thv oppositv vnd against. the inner end o'l" tho sliiinlii 7. 'l`hv l\piin i' 1J is tensioiivd to noininlly iniiintnin opvi'ntiiv ivzidily giiidvd in niovvnivnt,notwitlititnnding' thv int-linut ion oti thv Shinto-hin". Should ysind liiii hv givvn :in vxtiivinv inclination in oxtvnsions 15, projvcting in oppositv` diivvi tioii,fron'1 the oppor :ind lowvr sides of' tho head 12 und tviniintiting voinvidvntlv with :i i curved lino diiiwn through thv 'laico ol' onv i hond front :i point on thv slnidv-htii' :idiaivvnt l to the opposite houd. '.lhvsv wings oi' vXt1vn l thviv'loiv :ivoidvd sions t5 nre novvr in Sinitiltiinvons vont'itvt With the 'riotiontil limiting-siii'lzivv ot` thvv i-v- Spective gnidvwnys, and Whvn thv t'iivtiontil bearing-point 13 oilstiid hvad is tivv t'i'oni viigzigoinont with tho gnitloivziy nndvi :in invii nation of tho slindv-lmi :1nd its. ont wzn'd movement iuiostod thv vnd@` olf thv. wings oi' extensions Contact with thv sidv wtills olI tho guidowtty and foi' the Solv pniposv ot pi'vventing thv (lisongngoinont olj thv hviids potntion, :ind ni nits to pi'v\'vnt. illsvngngvtherefrom.

In practice. the Shinto is innintiiinvd in iidjustvd position byfi'ictiontil ongiigvinvnt oll the head 12 with the. gnidvn'itvn; lint in thv vvvnt tho shade-bnl' is gizispvd noni' vithvi vnd to l l i l i t thv opvi'zttion ot' thv slnidv---suvli, -t'oi vxiiinplv, :is illiitiizitvd in Fig. 25-tlio vonstiilv.- tion pi'ovidv .l l'or tho voinplvtv witlidiiwiil ol: thv hvnd l'ioin tho giiidowziys by ai lnithvi invliniition ol' thv lini.

Owing to thv tviniiniition ot tho wings 15 in thv plnnv hvlvtoioiv iv'l'viivd to, sitid wings will not, sinniltiinvonsly vont'tivt with thvhotn toin oi' hvniinvr wall ot' thv gnidvwztis nndvi' tiny position of tho shzidv-liiii \\'htit.vvvi', :ind :ill frictioniil vontnvt livtwvvn thz-sv pimv is Thv voinhinittion with :i viising pi'ovidvd with f nidv\\n.\.\y :ind :i sliiid'.' ha 'in tf n shiidvhin, ol holdingIl nivnns viii'i ivd h5' thv vndb` ot lmid lmi', viivli oll siiid holdin.;r inviiiis invliiilingn l'i'ivtion-hvnd ndnptvd t'oi' vontiivt with thv hottoin ol' thv ivspvviivv ltgnidvn'np` nhvn thv shitdv-hzii is in its noi'nnil oi' horizontal nivnt oll thv holding-Iixtin'vs l'ioni thv guidowiilvs whvn thv l hzidv-hzn' is in :t tlltvd position, sind invziiis living' vonsti'iivtvd :ind ill'- inngvd so tlnit thvy will not siinultiinvonoly elvvtitv, oi' dopivss thv vintiiin, with thv ivsultzint inclination ot said han', :is illiistititvd f in Fig. :2, the 'l'rivtioniil vngiigi'vinvnt ol the hvzid l2 :it tho bot-toni ol' thv giiidvwiiys is i'vlozisod. l;n this position, liowovoi', thv nppor oi lowvi Wing 15, as thv 'viisv nitty hv., i servos to innintain tliv hviid t2 within tho i 

